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ITH 3.9 million Instagram followers, Vicky Pattison might just be one of the most stars going.well-liked reality TV

She first came to our screens as the feisty Northern lass with a quick-witted sense of humour on Geordie Shore – but truly won the nation’s hearts when she was crowned I’m A Celebrity... Get me Out Of Here! winner in 2015.

Despite her popularity, Vicky is no stranger to cruel comments online, after yo-yo dieting made her weight fluctuate dramatically. In 2016, she also admitted she’d experienced reverse body dysmorphia – which led her to believe she was a size 10, when really she was a size 16.

Now 30, she says she’s happier than ever, having found love with businessman John Noble (the pair announced their engagement last July), and with lots of exciting new projects on the go.

Here, Vicky talks to us about her post-Christmas fitness routine, wedding plans, and why she’s determined to help others find body confidence with her new MTV show, Ex On The Beach: Body SOS. Reality TV star Vicky Pattison tells about her approach to fitness and why she won’t be getting up at 5am for a 5K run anytime soon and like what you see in the mirror, best – and I told a magazine that I isn’t it? I think if I ever became one weigh nine-and-a-half stone – I of those women who woke up at don’t want be held personally 5am, went for a 5K run, ate poached responsible for young girls believing eggs and kale, I would not recognise that nine stone is not healthy or myself. attractive when they see that picture

“I’m always going to be the splashed across the front with woman who wakes up slightly late, people criticising me. rushes into the spin class when “It’s a terrible thing, and I think everyone’s started, likes gin too women in the press should take much, and fluctuates. That’s me. this responsibility so much more

“It’s taken turning 30, growing up seriously than they do. in this industry and meeting a man “I’ve come across a lot of who loves me just the way I am, to negative people on social accept the fact that I’m never going media, criticising (Ex On The to like 100% of what I see in the Beach: Body SOS) for mirror. supposedly deeming what is “I’ve got boobs and I’ve got a ‘beach body ready’. I have not bum, and I’m OK with that.” done that – they’ve made a snap judgement off the back of a promo campaign.

“It’s upsetting, because we take people who are overweight, underweight, or who are just a bit unfit and don’t like what they see in the mirror, and we are giving them a better quality of life. They’ve reached out to us.

“I’ve not said, ‘In order for this to be a success, these women have to end up being a size six’.

“I want people to know how serious I’ve taken this, and how serious I take any sort of role-model status I might have.” Your new show, Ex On The Beach: Body SOS, is all about helping people feel good about their bodies. How did it feel to help others find their own inner confidence? “IT’S the first project I’ve done that I’ve been entirely passionate about. It’s so rewarding. “The best thing that ever happened to me was losing weight and learning more about health, fitness and nutrition. “I train, predominantly, for cathartic reasons. If I wake up in the morning and I don’t go to a gym then I get stressed out, things can get on top of me and I can’t manage things so well. “If I go to the gym, I get a level of clarity I can’t achieve anywhere else, and the day just manages to fall into place. “I wanted to impart some of that wisdom and help people learn about nutrition and health through our brilliant trainers. “I just hope people give the show a chance and see it for what it is. “It’s about confidence and loving yourself and being healthy – not about what size you are.” “I’VE trained four times this week, and I intend on going to hot yoga tomorrow to try and sweat this dirty cold out of me once and for all.

“I’m always on the lookout for new things, but predominantly I love weights.

“I do heavy squats, lunges, conditioning, and pull weighted sleds. It’s functional and it’s tough.

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